How To Install xhprof on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xhprof on CentOS 7. xhprof is A Hierarchical Profiler for PHP - Web interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xhprof on CentOS 7.

What is xhprof

XHProf is a function-level hierarchical profiler for PHP and has a simple HTML based navigational interface. The raw data collection component, implemented in C (as a PHP extension, provided by the “php-pecl-xhprof” package). The reporting/UI layer is all in PHP. It is capable of reporting function-level inclusive and exclusive wall times, memory usage, CPU times and number of calls for each function. Additionally, it supports ability to compare two runs (hierarchical DIFF reports), or aggregate results from multiple runs. Documentation /usr/share/doc/pear/xhprof/xhprof_html/docs/index.html

We can use yum or dnf to install xhprof on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xhprof.

Install xhprof on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xhprof using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xhprof

Install xhprof on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xhprof using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xhprof

How To Uninstall xhprof on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xhprof package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xhprof

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xhprof on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.